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Alex Sobel vs Rishi Sunak

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Alex Sobel
Alex Sobel
Lab Leeds Central and Headingley
vs
Photograph of Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak
Con Richmond and Northallerton

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Rishi Sunak voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 604 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 573 different votes 604 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
12 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 1 No
Education 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 18 No
Migration 10% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
83 Aye 48 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 131 shared votes
46 Aye 85 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

71.7%
1% below average
Rank 388 of 649
Participation
42.3%
30% below average
Rank 631 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,005
2,376 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
454
45.2% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
551
54.8% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

114
+30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 649
Appearances
43
-40.7 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
142
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 649
Contributions
52
-93.9 vs Commons average
Rank 502 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,536,845
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£166,813
26% below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
15
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

NHS / Health
47 of 52 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
61 of 91 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Transport
52 of 95 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
20 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) 2 Dec 2025
Tax Transport
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 9: Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2028-29 to 2030-31 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Conference, November and Christmas) 23 Jun 2021
Aye
Aye
Proceedings during the pandemic 16 Jun 2021
Aye
Aye
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 16 Jun 2021
Aye
Aye
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021 27 Apr 2021
Aye
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